Glove-sustainer.



No. 855,838. PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

L. L. BROWN.

GLOVE SUSTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED 0012111906.

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invention consists in the LAURA L. BROWN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW/V YORK.

GLOVE-SUSTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed October 17, 1906. Serial No. 339,360.

T0 at whom, it may concern.-

Be it'known that I, LAURA L. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glove-Sustainers, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a device for supporting on the arm of the wearer, the upper part of gloves either of the elbow or the long evening lengths, and at the same time having such portions of the device as are visible, made ornamental, so as to readily pass for an ornamentation, rather than a supporting attachment.

With these and other objects in view, my various novel and peculiar arrangements and combinations of the several different parts of the device, all as hereinafter fully set forth, and then pointed out in the claims.

I have illustrated types of my invention in the accompanying drawings, wherein;

Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of the arm of a person and showing the upper part of the glove and the lower part of the sleeve of the garment, with my improved glove sustainer mounted in operative position on the sleeve and serving to sustain the glove. Fig. 2 is a view of the sustainer in section, the plane of which is taken vertically and centrally through the device cross-wise thereof and with the sleeve omitted but with a portion of the glove shown, and with the sustainer unfastened or detached from the glove. Figs. 3 and 4 are views of modified forms of attaching means for the sustainer.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numbers of reference designate like parts throughout, 1 is a button or stud, which is attached near the upper end of the glove 2 and preferably on the front thereof, so as to be readily manipulated to engage and disengage the main part of the sustainer, which is located on the fore-part of the sleeve of the garment, either upon the inside or outside thereof.

The sustaining plate or holder 3 is made of suitable rigid material, such as metal, and is formed with an upwardly opening slot 4,which in the construction herewith shown is substantially radial with respect to the shape of the sustaining plate, the general contour of which is circular. This sustaining plate 3 is somewhat dished, and between the edges of the slot or notch 4, which are engagedby the button or stud 1, when the latter is seated in the lower and closed part of the notch, there is sufficient friction to keep the two members in engagement and prevent them from becoming accidentally disengaged, when the tension on the sustainer is relaxed for any reason, at which time the mere weight of the sustaining plate might tend to move it out of engagement. Another important feature in respect to the button and the notched sustaining plate is, that the former is made to represent the central part of a flower, for example, a daisy and is roughened or indented for that purpose, while the notched plate is made to represent the petals of such flower, as indicated at 5 in the drawings, thus providing a very pleasing ornamental design which in itself has the effect largely of concealing the fact that the glove is held up bya supporting device.

'The sustaining'plate 3 is suspended by means of flexible members in the. way of a pair of chains 6 and 7, which are connected with eyes 8 and 9, respectively, fixed on the edge of the plate, at opposite sides of the notch 4, while the upper ends of the chain are loosely secured to a swivel-joint comprising a turning link 10, which turns upon the headed-pin 11, secured to an attaching device 12 which is adapted to be secured to the sleeve 13 of a garment. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the attaching-means 12, consists in two flat pieces of material 14 and 15 which are placed together with a spacing to form a metal casing in the lower end of which the swivel-pin 11 is fixed by passing a rivet 17 through the plates 14 and 15 and an opening in the inner end of the swivel-pin. Within the upper part of the metal casing or sheath formed by the plates 14 and 15 is placed a spring pin 18 having a keeper 19 within the casing which is cut away at 20 on the back to permit access to the pin in the casing in closing and opening the same when attaching or detaching the device to the sleeve. In this form the attaching pin 18 is well concealed within the metal housing and the entire device presents a smooth and fiat body well adapted to be secured either upon the outside or inside of the sleeve of the garpiece in the edge thereof at 16 so as IIO ment. It is, of course, preferable to have this part carrying the attachment pin free from any points or projections that would scratch the arm or catch in any material. While in Fig. 1 the attaching device is shown as applied to the outside of the sleeve 13, it may, of course, be pinned u on the inside thereof, in which case it wou d be reversed from the relative position shown in said figure, and this change of position is permitted by the swivel-joint 10-11, already described. This swivel-joint, furthermore, in connection with the flexible attaching members 6 and 7, gives great freedom of movement to the parts Which they connect, and the swivel prevents any kinking of the chains from which the plate is suspended.

In Fig. 3 I show a simpler form of attaching-means, the same consisting in a fiat plate 21 to the back of which is secured at 22 a safety pin 23 having a keeper or guard 24, while at the lower pointed end of the plate 21 is secured an attaching eye 25 from which the suspending chains 6 and 7may be swung.

' as shown in This form of attaching means is preferably applied to the inside of the sleeve and the suspended plate 3 is hung so that its outer face lies outwardly when applied to the button or stud 1.

In Fig. 4, I show a still simpler form of attaching-means. the same consisting in an ordinary safety-pin 26, the bar 27 of which is provided with an eye 28 located approximately at the center of length of the bar and from whicheye the flexible connection of the sustaining plate may be suspended. This form of the article costs less to manufacture than the other forms hereinbefore described and at the same time serves the purpose for which it is designed.

In using the article, the button or stud is secured near the upper edge of the glove, preferably on the fore-part thereof, and the attaching-means is pinned to the outside of the sleeve of the garment 13, in a corresponding position to the stud or button 1. When the glove is drawn up in position on the arm Fig. 1, the button or stud 1 is passed up between the chains 6 and 7, and then allowed to drop down into the notch 4 on the sustainer plate 3 and finally seat itself in the lower closed end of the notch, as shown in Fig. 1. The end of the sleeve 18 and that of the glove 2 are so related that when the attaching means 18 is fixed in position on the sleeve, and the parts are placed together as shown in Fig. 1, there is a tension on the sustainer and it acts to keep the glove drawn up on the arm. The sustainer is disengaged by taking either the sleeve or the upper end of the glove in the hand and drawing one toward the other to slacken the tension on the sustainer, so as to permit the button to be slid out of the notch and passed out between the chains 6 and 7 and clear of the same.

In the construction of thesustainer here with shown, there are practically no sharp points or edges to catch or tear delicate dress materials or to injure the hand or arm of the user in manipulating the device. Furthermore, the article is ornamental and particularly in respect to the button and the sustaining plate which together represent a flower to which end they may be made of different colored metal in order to make a contrast in the same.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A glove sustainer comprising an attaching device for suspending the sustainer from the garment sleeve, a plate or disk having an open slot extending inwardly from its upper edge and adapted to engage a button or stud on the glove, flexible suspending devices eX- tending from the said attaching device and connected at their lower ends to said plate at opposite sides of its slot.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

LAURA L. BROWN. Witnesses J. C. HALL, EVA G. BROWN. 

